you know, it's funny about Mourinho, because as you say, it really does work. his players love him, they defend him, it's pretty similar to the way Barça's players clearly feel about Pep, except that the Barcelona kids are so young that they'll still do stupid shit like get into fights over it. (that said, I'm not entirely sure Casillas is sold on Mou. do you ever get the sense that he's being very diplomatic in his interviews, but not terribly enthusiastic? he has to defend Mou because Mou's his coach, but I never get the OMG HDU SPEAK THAT WAY ABOUT HIM vibe off Casillas that you'd get from, idk, Drogba.) but it only works when the manager is able to take ALL the heat for his players and stamp out any internal splits before they start. I'm not sure anybody in the modern game besides Mou has the force of personality to pull it off. (ugh yeah I did hear about the Villarreal game. sure, pal. sure you were celebrating with your son. and I hate that I have to be skeptical about that because I know that he must love his children very much, but I don't think he should be bringing that into his professional life.)
also WHEE RAY HUDSON. (though I am hurt you don't remember me linking to the found poetry version on tumblr ages ago. XD)
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Date: 2011-01-10 05:08 pm (UTC)also WHEE RAY HUDSON. (though I am hurt you don't remember me linking to the found poetry version on tumblr ages ago. XD)